LHC Named Top 100 Critical Access Hospital in U.S.

April 21, 2015

Livingston HealthCare was recently named one of the nation’s Top
100 Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) by iVantage Health Analytics. This
prestigious award recognizes the top 100 out of 1,300 Critical Access
Hospitals in the United States–measuring them across the industry’s
most comprehensive rating system using 62 different performance metrics,
including quality, outcomes, patient satisfaction, affordability, population
risk, and efficiency. Livingston HealthCare was one of seven Critical
Access Hospitals in the state of Montana to receive this award.

“We are proud of the efforts that our physicians and staff have contributed
to our hospital achieving this designation. This is our second award in
2015 for our outstanding efforts as a healthcare organization. We have
a great team at LHC and our commitment to quality care is evident with
this designation,” said Bren Lowe, CEO of Livingston HealthCare.

“These top 100 Critical Access Hospitals exhibit a focused concern
for their community benefits and needs, regardless of scale, reimbursement
and people’s ability to pay,” said Michael Topchik, senior
vice president of iVantage Health Analytics.

Livingston HealthCare was also recently named a HEALTHSTRONG Top Hospital,
a recognition given to only 572 out of 4,334 measured hospitals in the nation.

The list of the Top 100 Critical Access Hospitals and more information
about the study can be found at www.iVantageHealth.com.

About Livingston HealthCare: Livingston HealthCare, in Livingston, Montana, is a not-for-profit, 25-bed
critical access hospital with a Level 4 Community Trauma Facility, a multispecialty
provider clinic, as well as rehabilitation, and home-based services. Livingston
HealthCare is a member of the Billings Clinic system.
www.LivingstonHealthCare.org

About iVantage Health Analytics

iVantage is a leading advisory and business analytic services company applying
Accelerated Healthcare Transformation™ and the VantagePoints™
platform to drive sustained, evidence-based results. The company’s
unique combination of technology, content, and expert advisory services
accelerates decision making for the new healthcare.